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RESEARCH Resource elements examined include Soil , Vegetation , Water , and more recently, Wildlife and Microbe s, with the majority of investigations conducted on trails and recreation sites. Use-impact relationships, environmental resistance and resilience, management effectiveness, monitoring techniques, and carrying capacity are some of the major themes in recreation ecology. Study results have been applied to inform site and visitor management decisions and to provide scientific input to management planning frameworks such as:
ECOTOURISM Recent growth of Ecotourism has prompted a new batch of recreation ecology studies focusing on Developing Countries where ecotourism is aggressively promoted. There is an increasing concern that ecotourism is not inherently sustainable and, if unchecked, would generate substantial impacts to ecotourism destinations which are often fragile Ecosystem s. REFERENCES
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